Coping with Bi-Polar WAW

[CountingCrows]

Thanks, Puppy and Awoken!

As much bashing as my self-esteem has taken by being betrayed by the woman I loved and trusted, I've always had one thing to fall back on...I'm a d@mn good father, and no one can take that pride away from me. This is something that even during our worst verbal battles, W agrees is true. I am human, and I make mistakes, but I keep on doing my BEST to fulfill his needs from me as a parent and role model.

I've got an advantage here over W. I had a excellent childhood, with loving parents who are still happily together after 40+ years. Who were excellent role-models who taught me more than I ever realized until I had my own son. They still show me SO MUCH love and support to this very day. W can't say any of that.

W has more or less followed in her parent's footsteps. At 36 (W's age), W's mother and father started cheating on each other (W was 7 at the time). They split. W went with mother, who married different OM and took off with her to Alaska. To this day, mother and father can't speak or even be in the same room together. Not an ideal learning environment for future parenting. The cycle continues, but it'll be a cold day before I let her allow it rotate one more turn.